UFC
and former WWE man monster, Brock Lesnar, is ready
to rock, roll and rumble, this time back into the
gaming industry.

The
former heavyweight champion (UFC and WWE), along with
his manager / agent, Paul Heyman, are also interested
in suitable business opportunities, and Australian
based media agency, Media Man, took the initiative
to test the waters in Asia Pacific via some online
media exposure and tactics.

As
far as we know, the only time Lesnar has ever actually
set foot on Australian soil to date was back in 2002
as part of the WWE 'Global Warming Tour', after taking
Hulk Hogan's spot on the card, Lesnar having injured
Hogan's back (so the storyline went). Hogan didn't
make the 2002 Australian tour, but finally got down
under in November 2009 with his 'Hulk-A-Mania' tour,
but that's another story brother... and sisters.

The
Minnesota monster, who left the world of pro wrestling
to brawl as a pro mixed martial artist, rocketed to
pinnacle of the heavyweight roster in the Ultimate
Fighting Championships and realised his dream of becoming
the undisputed heavyweight champion after only four
career matches.

The
title reign ended in Lesnar's third title defence,
when he was stopped dead in his tracks inside the
first round by Mexican American Cain Velasquez.

As
Lesnar told the media: "On any given day anyone
can beat anyone. It happened to me too".

He's
currently on the comeback trail to the UFC following
a illness, yet Lesnar has told the press in a number
of US interviews that he may be tempted back to the
WWE... yes, the pro wrestling circus. Well, we don't
really think its a circus, but some detractors do.

Quizzed
if he would return to the WWE for one more match,
Lesnar told ESPN, "I think under the right circumstances
I will."

"I
think if Vince McMahon and I were able to sit down
at the same dinner table and break some bread that
we could come up with some kind of game plan...I think
a lot of things have to fall in the right places for
something like that to happen."

Lesnar's
ties with the WWE media and marketing machine have
been re-established with the news that he will feature
in their upcoming video game, WWE 12, and he has also
featured in a viral video to help promote the launch
of the game.

The
ex WWE champ has hinted that he'd very much like to
take on The Undertaker (Mark William Calaway), who
has never lost at the showcase event WrestleMania.

"There's
a guy that's been on a winning streak for a long time
that somebody needs to step up to the plate and finish
the winning streak," Lesnar told IGN.

Shawn
Michaels, Big Show, Jake "The Snake" Roberts,
Ric Flair and a host other others have all tried and
failed. Yes, we know that pro wrestling has predetermined
winners, but suspend disbelief with us if you will.

And
he had some special words for one of the most popular
WWE stars of all time, "Stone Cold" Steve
Austin.

"There's
another side of me that says if there was a chance
for me to come back to fight a guy, it would be the
guy that I was supposed to fight that chicken-sh**ted
out on me and didn't show up, and that would be 'Stone
Cold' Steve Austin."

"At
the end of the day, my life, my character and my profession
- I take them very seriously. At the end of the day,
if it doesn't help me or my family out, and it doesn't
make sense for me to do, then I don't do it. Everything
would have to fall in the right place, but would I
consider it? Absolutely."

Lesnar
is due to return to mixed martial arts action and
face off against former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion
and K-1 Grand Prix kickboxing champion, Alistair Overeem,
in a heavyweight superfight at UFC 141. The match
will headline the event at the famous American entertainment
and gaming venue, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in 'Sin
City' Las Vegas on December 30th. Lesner will be looking
for his jackpot Christmas present - the big win.

We
can also confirm that Lesnar in interested in other
gaming and branding opportunities, perhaps following
the lead of fellow monsters Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair,
Kevin Nash and the late, great, Andre The Giant. He
is also understood to be keen to further explore online
gaming opportunities. The Wrestling News Media network
is following up for more details. Don't change your
dial.

Brock
Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American
mixed martial artist with the UFC, former professional
and amateur wrestler. He is well known for his
professional wrestling career in World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE).

Career

Early
career

Lesnar
wrestled at Webster High School in Webster, South
Dakota where he managed to have a 33-0 record
in his senior year. Lesnar later attended the
University of Minnesota on a full wrestling scholarship
for his junior and senior years of college; his
roommate was fellow professional wrestler Shelton
Benjamin who also served as Lesnar's assistant
coach. Lesnar won the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship
as a heavyweight after placing second in 1999.
Prior to joining the Minnesota Golden Gophers,
Lesnar also wrestled at Bismarck State College
in Bismarck, North Dakota. Lesnar finished his
amateur career as a two-time NJCAA All-American,
two-time NCAA All-American, two-time Big Ten Champion,
and the 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion with a
record of 106-5 overall in four years of college.

World
Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

In
2000, after the successful end to his college,
Lesnar signed up with the World Wrestling Federation,
a professional wrestling promotion later known
as World Wrestling Entertainment in mid-2002.
Lesnar was sent to its developmental territory,
Ohio Valley Wrestling. There, Lesnar formed a
tag team known as the Minnesota Stretching Crew
with his former college roommate, Shelton Benjamin,
in its Ohio Valley Wrestling territory. Lesnar
and Benjamin won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
on three occasions. Lesnar wrestled several dark
matches in 2001 and 2002 before being called up
to the main roster.

Lesnar
debuted on WWF television on the March 18, 2002
episode of WWF RAW, attacking Al Snow, Maven,
and Spike Dudley in the course of a match. He
was accompanied by Paul Heyman, who was seen giving
instructions to Lesnar. When the brand extension
was introduced in the WWF, Lesnar was drafted
to the RAW brand. Later, Heyman was confirmed
to be Lesnar's agent, and gave Lesnar the nickname
"The Next Big Thing".

Lesnar's
first feud was with the Hardy Boyz. Lesnar and
Jeff Hardy squared off at Backlash in Lesnar's
first official televised match. Lesnar dominated
Hardy and won the match by knockout. The next
night on RAW he faced Matt Hardy, defeating him
in the same fashion. At Judgment Day, Lesnar once
again gained the upper hand on the Hardy Boyz
tag team before tagging his partner, Heyman, in
to take the win.

In
June 2002, Lesnar won the King of the Ring tournament,
defeating Rob Van Dam in the final round. This
victory earned him a shot at the WWE Undisputed
Championship at SummerSlam. On July 22, 2002,
Lesnar joined the SmackDown! brand. After an angle
with Hulk Hogan in August
2002 in which Lesnar defeated Hogan, Lesnar began
feuding with the Undisputed Champion The Rock.

At
the main event of SummerSlam, Lesnar defeated
The Rock to become the new and final WWE Undisputed
Champion. Lesnar, at age 25, was then the youngest
WWE Champion ever (as of 2007, he is still technically
the youngest WWE Champion ever, but Randy Orton
is the youngest world champion in WWE history,
having won the World Heavyweight Championship
at 24). Due to the requirements of the WWE Undisputed
Championship being defended on both shows, RAW
general manager Eric Bischoff expected Lesnar
to be able to return on RAW the next night. However,
SmackDown! general manager Stephanie McMahon announced
that Lesnar's contract only required him to defend
the title on SmackDown!, forcing Bischoff to separate
the World Heavyweight Championship from the WWE
Championship and in turn making the title lose
its "Undisputed" name.

Lesnar's
rapid rise to the top of WWE in 2002 led to a
match between him and The Undertaker at Unforgiven.
It ended in a double disqualification leading
to Lesnar retaining the title. The next month,
at No Mercy, he faced The Undertaker again, this
time in a Hell in a Cell match. Leading up to
the match, Lesnar with Heyman broke the Undertaker's
hand with a propane tank.[23] Despite Heyman begging
Stephanie McMahon not to let The Undertaker use
his cast as a weapon, the request was denied and
the match went on as planned.[24] In a match that
saw both wrestlers and even Heyman covered in
thick blood, it ended when Lesnar reversed an
attempted Tombstone into his finishing F-5 maneuver
for the win. [25] Six days after his Hell in a
Cell match with The Undertaker, Lesnar successfully
retained his WWE title in a Handicap match with
Heyman at the Rebellion 2002 pay-per-view against
Edge.

Lesnar's
next opponent was The Big Show. Heyman was convinced
more than anyone that Lesnar couldn't win, trying
to talk him out of defending the title. Lesnar
refused, and went on to lose the championship
in Madison Square Garden at the Survivor Series
pay-per-view to Big Show when after giving an
F-5 to the 500-pounder, he was betrayed by Heyman.
This was Lesnar's first pinfall loss in WWE, and
turned Lesnar face.

Following
Survivor Series, Heyman made it clear that Lesnar
would not get a rematch, even going so far as
to sneak a special clause in his contract. At
the 2003 Royal Rumble event, Lesnar defeated The
Big Show in a qualification match where the winner
could enter the Royal Rumble match. Lesnar later
entered the Rumble as the #29 entrant where he
eventually won by eliminating The Undertaker.
Lesnar suffered a concussion after botching a
shooting star press at WrestleMania XIX.

After
winning the Royal Rumble match, Lesnar spent the
next two months feuding with Kurt Angle. Angle
had Paul Heyman and Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin
and Charlie Haas) behind him, but Lesnar overcame
these opponents. The match between Lesnar and
Angle going into WrestleMania XIX proved a historical
moment as it marked the first time in WWE history
that two accomplished amateur wrestlers met in
a ring. Lesnar regained the WWE Championship in
the main event of WrestleMania
XIX. Toward the end of the match, he botched a
shooting star press; despite having landed the
move successfully several times in OVW, in this
match he overestimated the distance he was capable
of jumping for the move and under-rotated, slamming
his head into Angle's side and ribcage. This stunned
Lesnar and forced Angle to improvise the finish
of the match. Lesnar suffered a severe concussion
from the botched move.

Following
WrestleMania, John Cena
began targeting Lesnar for almost ending his career
(by using the F-5 to propel his leg into a ring
post) after a previous match between the two.
This led to Cena receiving a title match at Backlash.
Lesnar successfully retained his title against
Cena. Earlier at the Backlash pay-per-view, Big
Show had injured Rey Mysterio badly, resulting
in Mysterio being carried out on a stretcher.
This led to Lesnar renewing his feud with Big
Show, which led to a Stretcher match at Judgment
Day for the title. Lesnar successfully retained
his title with help from Rey Mysterio and a forklift.
A famous SmackDown! moment was made in a later
rematch between the two, when Lesnar lifted Big
Show over in a Superplex which caused the ring
to collapse on impact. At Vengeance, Lesnar lost
his title to Kurt Angle in a No Disqualification
Triple Threat match that also involved Big Show.

Prior
to SummerSlam, Lesnar turned heel on Kurt Angle,
leading to a rematch at the event. Lesnar lost
to Kurt Angle in their rematch when Angle made
Lesnar tap out to the Ankle lock. A second rematch
between Lesnar and Angle, an Iron Man match, was
later held on an episode of SmackDown!. Lesnar
defeated Angle in a match that was said as one
of the best in Smackdown history . Angle slapped
on the ankle lock with a few seconds remaining
but Lesnar did not tap. Lesnar won with five falls
to Angle's four, making him a three-time WWE Champion.

Lesnar's
first challenger for his newly won title was The
Undertaker. Lesnar had previously cost Undertaker
the title in a match against then-champion Kurt
Angle, which granted him a shot at Lesnar's title.At
No Mercy, Lesnar defeated Undertaker in a Biker
Chain match, making it the second year Lesnar
defeated Undertaker to retain the WWE Championship
in the main event of No Mercy.

Lesnar
realigned himself with Paul Heyman after Heyman
became general manager of SmackDown!, and formed
Team Lesnar with The Big Show, Matt Morgan, A-Train,
and Nathan Jones for a 10-man Survivor Series
match at Survivor Series. In the climax of the
match, Chris Benoit became the second person to
make Lesnar tap out. Lesnar faced Benoit in a
singles bout two weeks later for the WWE Championship
on SmackDown!, where Lesnar won after Benoit passed
out to Lesnar's debuting Brock Lock submission
hold.

The
Survivor Series event also marked the first time
Lesnar met Goldberg from the RAW brand, a man
who Lesnar had been compared to, due to their
similar physique and their undefeated streaks
in wrestling. Lesnar claimed in a backstage interview
that he could beat anybody in the world, leading
to Goldberg interrupting the interview and introducing
himself to Lesnar, shaking hands with him before
leaving with a staredown.

Lesnar
followed this with a brief feud involvoing Hardcore
Holly.In this storyline, Holly wanted revenge
on Lesnar for (legitimately) breaking his neck
during a previous match between the two in 2002.
During that match, Lesnar went for a powerbomb,
but Holly, believed by some to be uncooperative
with rookies, supposedly sandbagged mid-lift so
that Lesnar couldn't get him all the way up. Holly
compounded the difficulty of the move by not lifting
up at the waist. During the struggle, Lesnar (intentionally
or unintentionally) planted Holly on his head,
leaving him in need of neck surgery and out of
action for a year.[48] Lesnar never apologized
and even showed insult to injury after the incident.
The feud was closed when Lesnar defeated Holly
to retain the WWE Championship at the 2004 Royal
Rumble. Later in the Royal Rumble match, Lesnar
attacked Goldberg and delivered an F-5, enabling
Kurt Angle to eliminate him. [49]

In
February, Lesnar faced Eddie Guerrero for the
title at No Way Out. During the match, Goldberg
interfered twice in the match, eventually allowing
Guerrero to capitalize and pin Lesnar after a
frog splash to win the WWE Championship. The match
set up an interbrand match for WrestleMania XX
between Lesnar and Goldberg. [50]

During
the feud with Bill Goldberg, Lesnar also was feuding
with RAW's Stone Cold Steve Austin (who was shown
suggesting to Goldberg that he attack Lesnar at
No Way Out).[51] When Lesnar attacked Austin on
RAW and stole his four-wheeler, Austin was inserted
as the special guest referee for the WrestleMania
match.[52]

Behind
the scenes, it was widely known that the match
would be Goldberg's last in WWE. However only
a week before WrestleMania, rumors surfaced Lesnar,
too, was leaving in order to pursue a career in
the National Football League. As a result, Lesnar's
match with Goldberg became a fiasco as the fans
at Madison Square Garden jeered both wrestlers
with very loud and distinct chants of "na
na, hey hey goodbye" and "you sold out",
with the crowd support mostly given to special
referee Austin. Although Goldberg won the match,
both men were given a Stone Cold Stunner by Austin
on their way out.[53]

National
Football League

After
his final match at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar sidelined
his career in WWE to pursue a career in the National
Football League.[54] This move upset many in WWE,
as the company had invested heavily in Lesnar.
World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed Lesnar's
departure on their official website WWE.com by
the statement
“ Brock Lesnar has made a personal decision
to put his WWE career on hold to prepare to tryout
for the National Football League this season.
Brock has wrestled his entire professional career
in the WWE and we are proud of his accomplishments
and wish him the best in his new endeavor.”

Lesnar
later told a Minnesota radio show that he had
three wonderful years in WWE, but had grown unhappy
and had always wanted to play pro football, adding
that he didn't want to be 40 years old and wondering
if he could have made it in football. In an interview
about starting with the NFL, Lesnar made the statement
“ This is no load of bull; it's no WWE stunt.
I am dead serious about this... I ain't afraid
of anything, and I ain't afraid of anybody. I've
been an underdog in athletics since I was 5. I
got zero college offers for wrestling. Now people
say I can't play football, that it's a joke. I
say I can. I'm as good an athlete as a lot of
guys in the NFL, if not better... I've always
had to fight for everything. I wasn't the best
technician in amateur wrestling. But I was strong,
had great conditioning, and a hard head. Nobody
could break me. As long as I have that, I don't
give a damn what anybody else thinks.[56] ”

Lesnar
played for the Minnesota Vikings, where he created
controversy in some games by starting minor fights
and got heat from the Kansas City Chiefs for a
sack on quarterback Damon Huard, which drew a
big response from the crowd of 6,000. Huard was
knocked silly, and had to go to the sidelines
and sit out a few plays. Giving hard hits to quarterbacks
in scrimmages violates unwritten rules of professional
football, and the Chiefs were not too happy with
him. His actions got him featured on SportsCenter
on more than one occasion.[57] After playing in
a few pre-season games, Lesnar was eventually
cut from the team after not showing up for practices
due to an injury sustained by a motorcycle ride
during the summer of 2004. He declined an invitation
to play as a representative of the Vikings in
NFL Europa.[8]

Lawsuit
with WWE

Lesnar
had previously signed a no-compete clause in order
to be released from his contract with WWE, which
prohibited him from working for any other sports
entertainment or mixed martial arts companies
before June 2010. Lesnar had anticipated leaving
wrestling entirely, but his inability to secure
a career in professional football led to him challenging
this ruling in court.[58] WWE responded by demanding
damages as a result of Lesnar allegedly breaching
the agreement by appearing at a New Japan Pro
Wrestling show in 2004.[59]

In
July 2005, the two sides dropped their claims
and entered negotiations to renew their relationship.[60]
WWE had offered Lesnar a contract, but on August
2, 2005, WWE's official website reported that
Lesnar had withdrawn from any involvement with
the company.[61] The lawsuit was then entered
into settlement on September 21, 2005, but talks
broke down.[62][63]

On
January 14, 2006, Judge Christopher Droney stated
that unless WWE gave him a good argument between
then and January 25, 2006, he would rule in favor
of Brock Lesnar, giving him a summary judgment.
This would have enabled Lesnar to work anywhere
he wanted immediately.[64] WWE was later granted
a deadline postponement.[65]

On
April 24, 2006, World Wrestling Entertainment
announced on their official website, WWE.com,
that both parties had mutually come to a settlement
and on June 12, 2006, a federal judge dismissed
Lesnar's lawsuit against WWE after both parties
requested for the case to be dismissed.[66]

New
Japan Pro Wrestling

On
October 8, 2005, Lesnar won the IWGP World Heavyweight
Championship in a three-way match at a New Japan
Pro Wrestling show in the Tokyo Dome, which included
the then-champion Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro
Chono. He won the match by pinning Masahiro Chono
after an F-5, which he had renamed the Verdict,
since WWE owns the trademark on the F-5 name.
After the match, he stated that this name was
referring to his lawsuit against WWE. The match
was his first pro wrestling match since leaving
WWE. Lesnar is one of the few American wrestlers
to have held this title. The first person to hold
it was Hulk Hogan (also
the first American to win a Japanese world wrestling
title), and Big Van Vader held it as well.[67]

On
December 6, 2005 WWE filed a motion for a temporary
restraining order to prevent Lesnar from continuing
to work with NJPW, but the court did not grant
it, and thus Lesnar had two non-title victories
against Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata.[68][69]
Lesnar successfully defended his championship
on January 4, 2006 against former champion Shinsuke
Nakamura.

On
January 13, 2006, WWE once again filed an injunction
against Lesnar to stop him from defending the
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on March 19.
Evidently this was not enforced (nor granted),
as he would go on to have a tag team match with
Shinsuke Nakamura against Akebono and Riki Choshu
at the Sumo Hall on February 19, 2006 which was
won after a Verdict to Choshu.[68][70]

On
March 19, 2006 at the Sumo Hall, Lesnar retained
his championship against former Sumo Wrestling
Grand Champion Akebono when Lesnar hit him with
the championship belt and a DDT.[71] Lesnar went
on to successfully defended his title against
the winner of the New Japan Cup, Giant Bernard,
on May 3, 2006 in Fukuoka. This was the first
American vs. American title match in NJPW since
Vader vs. Stan Hansen in 1990.

On
July 15, 2006, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced
that Brock Lesnar had been stripped of the IWGP
Heavyweight Championship as he would no longer
be returning to defend the title due to "visa
issues". A tournament was held on July 16
to determine the new champion, which was won by
Hiroshi Tanahashi, the man Lesnar was originally
scheduled to face. Lesnar continued to possess
the physical IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
until late June 2007[73]

On
June 29, 2007, Lesnar defended his disputed IWGP
World Heavyweight Championship against TNA World
Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle in a champion
versus champion match. Angle defeated Lesnar with
the Ankle lock to win the IWGP Third Belt Championship
(which IGF and TNA recognize as the IWGP World
Title, and NWA recognizes as the NWA Japan Championship
[74]) and challenged him to an MMA fight.[75]

Mixed
Martial Arts

On
April 28, 2006, Lesnar appeared inside the ring
after the final match of K-1 Hero's Las Vegas
and announced his intent to join the MMA promotion.
He trained with Minnesota Martial Arts Academy
under Greg Nelson, and University of Minnesota
Head Assistant wrestling coach Marty Morgan.[2]
Brock Lesnar announced on August 12, 2006 in Las
Vegas that he had signed a deal with the K-1 promotion.[76]
His first fight was scheduled for June 2, 2007
on the K-1 Dynamite!! USA show against Choi Hong-man
of Korea.[77][78] In his first official MMA match,
Brock defeated Min Soo Kim (Choi Hong-Man was
pulled from the match) by submission (via strikes)
in under two minutes.

Ultimate
Fighting Championship

According
to one source, Brock Lesnar was looking for a
deal with the UFC. UFC
President Dana White confirmed the fact that the
two sides had spoken. Lesnar stated that he wants
to fight someone with credentials right off the
bat and that he wanted a deal done soon.[79]

During
UFC 77, it was announced that Brock Lesnar had
reached a deal to fight with the UFC. [80]

* Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year award
in 2002
o PWI Wrestler of the Year award in 2002
o PWI Feud of the Year award in 2003 vs Kurt Angle
o PWI Match of the Year award in 2003 vs Kurt
Angle - a 60-minute Iron Man match on SmackDown!
o PWI ranked him # 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers
in the PWI 500 in 2003.

In
January 2001, Lesnar was arrested for receiving
a "large amount of steroids". The charges
were later dropped when it was discovered that
the illicit substance was, in fact, growth hormone.

Lesnar
has one daughter, Mya Lynn who was born on April
10, 2002, with his ex-fiancée, Nicole.
He left Nicole in 2003 to begin a relationship
with Rena "Sable" Mero. Lesnar and Mero
were engaged in 2004, separated in 2005, then
reconciled later that year and married on May
6, 2006. Lesnar has one stepchild with Mero: Mariah,
a stepdaughter born to Mero and her late husband,
Wayne Richardson.

Lesnar
has numerous tattoos, with the most prominent
being a stylized skull in the center of his back
and a large sword on his chest.

The
video game WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
is named after the quote commentator Tazz attributes
to Lesnar, "Here comes the Pain".[85]
Other video games Lesnar has also appeared in
include WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, WWE WrestleMania
XIX, WWE Crush Hour, Madden NFL 06, and the PlayStation
2 version of Wrestle Kingdom.